Diehl

Eagle Indemnity Co. v. Diehl

Good Law
27 F.2d 76·1928 U.S. App. LEXIS 3336
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJune 11, 1928No. 5435California776 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Gilbert, J.

(after stating the facts as above). The only assignment of error is that the court below denied the appellant’s motion for an instructed verdict in its favor, which motion, it is contended, should have been granted for want of proof of the insolvency or bankruptcy of the insured. Upon that issue there was the proof of the return of the sheriff that he had been unable to find any property, personal or real, belonging to the insured within the county of Multnomah, state of Oregon, where the insured had resided, and evidence that the county assessor • had searched the tax records of the county and discovered no property assessed to the insured during the years 1926 and 1927, and it was shown that at the time of the trial in the court below the insured had removed from the state of Oregon to California. There was also evidence of a statement made by him that he had nothing but his salary as an automobile salesman., his household effects, and his automobile, which was agreed to be of comparatively small value.

*77 The appellant upon its part made no effort to show that the insured had assets out of which the judgment could have been satisfied. The above-quoted clause in the insurance…

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